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<style>
div {
  font-family: 'Courier New';
}

span {
  border: thin solid black;
  display: block;
  width: 8ch;
}
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<div lang="en-us">
  <span>a hy-<br>phen-<br>ation a</span>
</div>
<div lang="ja-jp">
  <span>a hyphenation a</span>
</div>
